Georgia prosecutors, whose support may be critical in pushing cost-saving criminal justice reform through the Legislature, are divided over proposals put forth by a special council, according to a Daily Report survey.
Prosecutors are least enthusiastic about suggestions to reduce sentences or favor probation for nonviolent drug offenders. They are more likely to support expansion of community-based treatment programs and raising the financial threshold for certain nonviolent crimes before they’re considered felonies. The district attorneys are divided on whether the state needs more accountability courts, which combine treatment and alternative sentencing in drug, DUI and some veterans’ cases.
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